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...on December 31. Although the truce gradually began to break down, by December 1995 a peace accord was drafted that created a loosely federalized Bosnia and Herzegovina divided roughly between the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (a decentralized federation of Croats and Bosniaks) and the Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic).

...to Bihać. Each time a truce seemed near, fighting broke out anew, until the Dayton Accords of 1995 created a loosely federalized Bosnia and Herzegovina divided roughly between the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (a decentralized federation of Croats and Bosniaks) and the Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic). In Kosovo in February 1998, widespread fighting erupted...

...in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., in November 1995—established Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state composed of two highly autonomous entities, the Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic) and the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The latter is a decentralized federation of Croats and Bosniaks. Each entity has its own legislature and president. The central institutions of Bosnia and...

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